We got a nice meet of Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy no. 4014, the largest steam locomotive ever built, and a passing BNSF train just west of Barstow at Linwood, California earlier this afternoon. What an awesome display of motive power from two generations! And how about those auxiliary water tenders? -Drayton | ScaleTrains

Big Boy 4014 returned to the rails 2019. Here's a look at 4014 when she was working in the 1950s...and then her run afer being restored. From the show, "Big Boy 4014 Returns to Steam". https://rfd.video/4014RTS | Railfan Depot

We see 4014 swing off of the BNSF double track over Cajon Pass to the UP, former SP, Palmdale Cut-off line. From the Pentrex show "Southwest Big Boy" https://rfd.video/SWBB | Railfan Depot

Here is an interesting mix of locomotives. BNSF leads, with the UP's MoPac heritage unit next... and after that is the Norfolk Southern Virginian heritage unit - and that is followed by two BN green units! From "Heritage Unit Roundup". On sale for $14.95: http://rfd.video/HeritageRoundup | Railfan Depot

Today BNSF proudly celebrates 175 years of service! On February 12, 1849, the Illinois General Assembly chartered the very first BNSF predecessor: the Aurora Branch Railroad. Just a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Illinois, and West Chicago, the Aurora Branch chugged along with borrowed equipment and secondhand steel tracks. Little did the branch line, nor the developing American economy, know this small railway would grow into one of the largest North American railroads. Now the BNSF netwo